From: Thomas Kirchner Date: 2006-02-03T23:27:33+09:00 Subject: Re: Indentation vs. "end"s * On Feb 3 23:14, Mark Volkmann (ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org) wrote: > I'm not a fan of the curly braces, but if we do end up using them, I > hope we don't allow this. > > def some_method(args) > # some code > } > > If we're going to use them, I think they need to be matched, so a { > should appear at the end of the method argument list. Oh, I definitely agree here - I should have clarified. I enjoy _matched_ curly braces :) In most cases, I prefer curly braces for blocks rather than "do ... end". However, I don't think they're necessary here - "def method() ... end" works well and looks good. It's balanced. Tom